Northlew and Ashbury Parochial Church of England Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

Northlew and Ashbury School sustains a very friendly atmosphere, which promotes mutual encouragement in both pupils and staff. As a result, they are very caring and respectful of each other and exude confidence. The headteacher's well-respected and unflagging enthusiasm and commitment that each child should be treated as a unique individual are fully shared and promoted by staff and governors.

Leaders and managers, including governors, have strengthened the way they work together as a team. They are looking to the future with refreshed vigour and are quickening the pace of improvement. The care of pupils with complex needs, including dis...abilities, is exemplary.

Teaching is typically good. At times, as in art and music, teaching is outstanding. Other strengths include the way all staff keep pupils very safe, sustain pupils' good behaviour and develop their collaborative learning skills.

Pupils' good academic and personal achievements are further nurtured across a broad and stimulating range of often practical learning activities, both in and out of school. As a result, as the pupils say, 'Learning is often fun' and pupils greatly enjoy school and share excellent relationships. All staff promote very supportive links with parents and this excellent partnership helps to secure the pupils' self-confidence and consistently above average attendance.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : At times, teachers do not make enough reference to pupils' individual targets or give pupils sufficient information about how to improve when they mark their work. Pupils do not always have enough opportunity to learn by finding things out for Pupils' handwriting skills and the way they set out their work in mathematics are not developed consistently enough as they move through the school. themselves.

Information about this school

This is a very small school. All pupils attending the school are of White British heritage. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs supported through school action is below the national average.

The proportion supported by school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is well above average. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium (which provides additional funding for children in local authority care, children from service families and those known to be eligible for free school meals) is below average. The proportion of pupils joining or leaving the school at other than the normal times is slightly above average.

The school does not use any alternative educational provision. The children in the Early Years Foundation Stage are accommodated in a mixed-age class with Years 1 and 2. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set out the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.